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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ISAAC N. ARMENT, OF DAYTON, WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

DOOR-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,738, dated June 14,1881.

Application filed March 24, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, ISAAC N. ARMENT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Columbia and Terrritory ofWashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDoor-Checks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention has for its object to furnish a door-stop which willserve also for a holdback, and which may be adjusted to suit anythickness of door or height of the lower end of the door from the floor,and which also may be set to catch on the vertical edge of the door, ifsuch arrangement be desirable.

It consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts,hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2, a plan of myimproved stop; and Fig. 3 shows the device secured to the washboard inposition to catch on the vertical or front edge of the door.

a is a base or foundation bar, which has at its rear end a lug, a, towhich is hinged a strap or lug, a in line with the base-bar a. The lugor is provided with screw-holes through it, so that it may be fastenedto the floor or washboard. When secured to the floor the basebar a,turns down and lies fiat on the floor in the position shown in Fig. 1.On one side of the base there is fixed a brace, a which is pivoted insuch a position that its free end will turn outward and form a brace tohold the bar in a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 3. When thebase-bar is to lie flat on the floor the brace turns into a side recessin the bar, and is entirely out of the way, as shown in Fig. 1.

On the upper side ofi. the base-bar, and near to the lug a, there isfixed the vertical threaded pin 1), on the upper end of which is placedthe thumb-nut b.

c is a spring which has one end fixedto the base-bar, while its .otherend is arranged to bear on the under side of and press upward on thehinged catch-bar d. The catch-bar d has its rear end hinged to the upperend of the lug a, so that it has a free vertical movement. It has asuitable opening or slot near its rear end, which passes over the pin b,so that the upper end of the latter projects upward, and holds the nut bto bear on the upper side of the catch-bar, in opposition to the upwardaction ofthe spring 0. The outer end of the bar (I is enlarged andbeveled to a point, at, and formed with a shoulder, 61*, which dropsover the front side of and holds the door open.

6 is a movable stop placed on and constructed so that it is adjustablealong the bar 01 to or from the shoulder 6?. It is provided with lugs ee on its opposite ends, which extend downward on the opposite edges ofthe bar (I and are connected by a short rod or bar, 6 which passes underthe bar and forms a strong fastening. The stop can be fixed in anydesired V place by any suitable device. I have shownv a short bar, 6which has one end fastened to the stop on the edge which restson the barat, while its opposite end extends along the bar and has a pin, 0 (shownin dotted lines,)

which is dropped into one of a series of vertical holes, (1 formed insaid bar. The pin can readily be lifted out of one hole, the stop moved,and the pin be again dropped into another hole. Thestop 6 can have, ifdesired, an elastic bumper, c fixed in its end.

In Fig. 1 the device is shown in position to have the door pass over it,while in Fig. 3 it is fixed to the washboard f,in position to catch overthe outer edge of the door. Instead of fixin g it directly to thewashboard, a short supplemental plate can be specially provided to holdit and the plate be screwed to the washboard. Small notches f are cut inthe washboard or supplemental plate to engage and hold the end of thebrace (1, which holds the base-bar a in its perpendicularposition. Theset-nut b can be turned up or down on the pin 1), and thereby thecatch-bar d is raised or lowered to adapt it to the door. When placed tocatch onthe under edge of the door it can be adjusted with the greatestnicety to the height of the under edge of the door from the floor. Thestop 6 can be set to the exact thickness of the door, so that all therattling of the latter will be obviated. The set-nut b limits the upwardmovement of the bar d.

Having thus described my invention, what I'claim, and desire to procureby Letters Pat- 5 ent,is-

1. In a door-stop,the hinged bar d, provided on its outer end with acatch, d and an adjustable stop, 0, and held by a suitable spring,substantially as set forth.

1o 2. The combination of the retaining-plate M,

the base-bar a, having a lug, a, on its rear end,"

and hinged to the plate a the catch-bar d, hinged to the lug a, and thespring 0, placed between the base a and catch-bar 61, so as to I 5support the latter, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the base at, having a rear lug, a, and thecatch-bar d, hinged to I the lug a, of the threaded pin 11, fixed on thebase a and projecting above the catch-bar, and provided with a set-nut,1), arranged to bear upon the upper surface of the said catchbar, andthe spring a, placed between the basebar and the catch-bar to supportthe latter in position, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses,on this 8th day of February, A. D, 1881.

ISAAC NEWTON ARMENT.

Witnesses:

J. A. STARNER, J. W. JEssEE.

